Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-10-24
GOV. GRAY DISGUSTED
WITH THE MOST RECENT EXECUTION
OF INDIANA JUSTICE.

He Plainly Charges the Sheriff with Neglect
of Duty in Green's Case, and Says
Hoosierdom is Climbing to Bad Emil
nence-The Taking OF of Green-Is
LueiIa Alive?-Crime Rampant.
DELPHI, Ind, Oct 2i The abduction and
murder of Luella Mabbtt has been avenged
Amer Green died horrible death early Sat
urday morning at the hands of a mob. The
procession that left this city with the doomed
man headed for Walnut Grove, ten miles
southeast, where two huge fires were burn
ing in the woods There were 800 people in
the crowd, the members of the mob being
masked. Here Amer Green expiated his
crime. Those who gathered around the
blazing fires will never forget the hasty ex-
animation of the doomed man, his words, his
actions, his cool and calm demeanor. In
few minutes after the fatal spot was reached
Green lifted his head and calmly said:
a hope you are not going to burn me. You
have come out here to murder me, and are
going to do it, but do it like civilized men"
"Give him the stakel" Burn himl' "Tort-
ure confession out of himl" came from the
crowd.
In response the captive said not a word,
but calmly looked over the crowd In a few
minutes the leader called for silence and,
stepping forward, said: "Amer, you have
not long to live You are now in the hands
of men who are determined If you have
anything to say now's the time to say it,
You are charged with numbering Luella
Mabbitt If you can produce her you can
live; if not you must die"
Green asked for Mr.. Mabbitt, Luela's
father, and when he came forward said that
Luella was alive in Fort Worth, Tex, and
he could have her here in two days if he
had a chance He said he
loved her and had provided for her. He con-
tradicted himself several times and no one
believed his story.
Then the question came up as to hanging
or burning and it was decided to hang him
accordingly rope was thrown over a tree
limb and in a moment Green was dangling in
mid air. The body hung until 0 a. u Satur-
day and was viewed by thousands. 1t will
be sent by Green's request to his mother i'll
Hebron, Ohio.
.lNDIANAPoLIs, Ind, Oct Ex-Governor
Gray has expressed unqualified disapproval
and disgust at the laxity of the authorities of
Carroll county, and addressed a letter to the
sheriff, in which he declares that the temper
of the people in the neighborhood of Delphi
was well known, and that Green had been
taken to Michigan City to be safe until he
could be tried In face of these facts the gov
ernor declares his inability to understand
how the sheriff could have been so careless
of his duty and taken no measure to prevent
mob violence, (which is rapidly bringing the
state of Indiana into public disgrace The
prisoner was in the custody of the law, and
in your custody as a sworn officer of the law,
and you were under official obligations to
give the prisoner full protection of the law,
and the people OF Indiana have a right to ex-
pect that sworn officer of the law in posses
sion of the information that You were IN pos
session of, and surrounded by the circum-
stances that surrounded you, woui feel that
it was his duty to see that the law was duly
executed and not uampled under foot 10y
mob violence"
The governor closes with the sincere hope
that the parties guilty of this outrage on law
and order may be brought to Justice
PERU, Ind, Oct 24 Bill Green, brother
of Amer, who Is in Jail in this city, is in ab-
ject terror, fearing the fate his brother met
Saturday. There are rumors of lynchng,
but without foundation. He reiterates
the statement that Miss Mabbitt rs alive in
Texas.